Wang Gui led 3,000 cavalry along the old official road more than ten miles away to the south, to the west of Wangting Town, 3,000 cavalry took out the horseshoe bag, wrapped the four hooves of the war horse, this kind of horseshoe bag is sewn with five layers of soft cloth, the main role is not to silence the sound, but the war horse in the winter through the ice surface of the river to keep the four hooves of the war horse warm, but from another point of view, it can indeed silence the horse's hooves, can be used in the cavalry sneak attack.

The three thousand cavalry slowed down, the sound of horses' hooves was low, and moved silently eastward in the darkness, and about a quarter of an hour before the fourth watch, the three thousand cavalry entered a wood, through which they could see the enemy camp two miles away, and the outline of a military camp could be faintly seen in the hazy moonlight.

The cavalry stopped moving, hid in the woods and waited quietly for the signal to attack, just as the scouts brought the information, the new army of 30,000 people was completely unaware of the danger that was coming, they did not enter the wartime state, but deployed dozens of sentries two or three hundred paces away from the camp, the cavalry accidentally alarmed the birds when they entered the woods, but did not arouse the vigilance of the sentinels in the distance.

Wangting Town is a large town, with a population of more than 300 households, with a long street as the central axis, shops, taverns, inns, foot shops and other dense shops on both sides, as well as residents in the town, and several households belong to large households, covering an area of more than ten acres.

Wangting Town also prospered because of the canal, although the invasion of the Jin soldiers in the past two years has caused a lot of decay along the canal in the north, but Jiangnan has not been greatly affected, and commerce is still very prosperous.

The camp of the Jiangnan New Army is stationed in the west of Wangting Town, less than 100 steps away from the backyard wall of the largest family in Wangting Town.

At the fourth watch, Zhang Shun led more than a dozen of his subordinates into the big family, the owner of the family is doing business in Suzhou, this is his ancestral home, no one lives in the house, only an old couple who look at the house.

The old couple had been sent to the inn by the soldiers in advance, and there was no one else in the house, Zhang Shun went straight to the back house, he was also a little anxious in his heart, it had reached the agreed fourth watch, and he had not started to do it yet.

"General, use rockets!" One of his subordinates whispered.

Although the rocket is fast, the effect is not very good, although Zhang Shun is anxious, but he also has his own style of doing things, Zhang Shun shook his head, "It's better to follow the plan, act now!" ”

Zhang Shun led his men over the wall and quickly approached the barracks, when they approached the nearest big tent, they suddenly heard the sound of someone talking, Zhang Shun waved his hand, and everyone quickly hid behind the big tent.

Zhang Shun slowly probed, only to find that the two soldiers were sitting under the big tent chatting, it seemed that the patrol soldiers were hiding here and lazy, but they didn't dare to really sleep, so they were chatting here.

Zhang Shun turned around and gave his subordinates a look, and his mouth moved, meaning to let the soldiers catch him alive.

Several of his men understood, and they bypassed both sides of the tent, and together they pushed the two patrol soldiers to the ground and dragged them into the tent.

After a while, one of his subordinates stepped forward to report, "I have asked for it, and the patrol password is 'safe and sound.'" ”

Zhang Shun nodded, since you have a password, let's pretend to be patrol soldiers when you encounter a situation! ”

Everyone immediately split up, they all had torches and torches, and soon, fires broke out everywhere in the barracks, and some soldiers noticed the anomaly, and immediately sounded the alarm, 'Dang! While! While! Alarm bells are ringing.

Wang Gui led three thousand cavalry to wait in the woods in the distance, the fourth watch hour had passed, and he was a little anxious in his heart, but he also knew that Zhang Shun was hurrying to come, and he might not be able to arrive in time, so Wang Gui waited patiently.

At this time, a soldier shouted in a low voice: "General, there is a fire!" ”

Wang Gui also saw it, and saw a few fires burning in the camp in the distance, which had been practiced, in this case, the military camp must be in chaos, Wang Gui was overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "Attack!" ”

'Woo-' the muffled sound of the horn sounded immediately.

When the horn sounded, three thousand cavalry slaughtered together, like a river bursting its banks, rushing rapidly, and like thunder on the flat ground, it rumbled towards the military camp two miles away.

At this time, there was a great chaos in the barracks, 30,000 soldiers were frightened by the raging fire in the barracks, and they fled to the outside of the barracks.

When many soldiers were glad that they had escaped from the barracks, the 3,000 cavalry of the Jingzhao Army were killed, and the soldiers scattered and fled, and Wang Gui shouted: "Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist will be killed!" ”

The cavalry also shouted: "Those who surrender will not die!" ”

The 30,000 soldiers came to their senses and hurriedly knelt down and raised their hands in surrender, and for a time, those who surrendered were on their knees in the wilderness.

At this time, Wang Gui suddenly saw a horse riding general with dozens of people hurriedly fleeing north, Wang Gui was overjoyed, and immediately urged the horse to chase after him.

The fleeing general is the main general Zhu Hongliang who led the army north this time, Zhu Hongliang is only more than 20 years old, is the cousin of Queen Zhu, was originally a guard in the East Palace, after Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he made up for a fat gap and served as the soldier and horse envoy of the Hangzhou Xiang Army.

Although Zhu Hongliang was inexperienced, he was also clever, he saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly fled north with his own soldiers, but before he ran out of a mile, Wang Gui led more than 100 cavalry to catch up.

"The enemy will leave, and the head will be left!"

Wang Gui shouted, waved his knife and rushed up.

Zhu Hongliang knew that there was no way to escape, he turned his horse's head, shouted, and stabbed Wang Gui with a spear.

Wang Gui saw that his gun was weak, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, roared, and slashed at his waist with a knife, this knife was fierce, fast as lightning, Zhu Hongliang was taken aback, and hurriedly resisted with a knife, only to hear a loud noise, and the spear flew out of his hand.

Zhu Hongliang's shoulder was almost broken, he screamed, fell off the horse and fled, Wang Gui pushed with the back of the knife, immediately swept him off the war horse, and shouted: "Tie me up!" ”

The soldiers behind rushed up and tied Zhu Hongliang down, and Zhu Hongliang's personal soldiers saw that there was no way to escape, and they also knelt down and surrendered.

In this battle, the 3,000 cavalry of the Jingzhao Army annihilated more than 2,000 enemies, captured 23,000 people, and only slightly wounded more than 10 people, and none of them were killed, creating a brilliant record.

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At noon on that day, Li Yanqing led his army to Wuxi County, and the more than 20,000 prisoners of war escorted from Wangting Town had arrived in Wuxi County an hour ahead of schedule.

Most of the prisoners of war, unarmoured and unarmed, sat nervously on the ground, surrounded by the 3,000 cavalry guarding them, when someone shouted, "All stand up!" ”

The prisoners of war got up one after another, lined up in dozens of columns, only to see a large group of cavalry escorting a young general wearing a golden helmet riding forward, the prisoners of war whispered, only the prince and above in the court can wear a golden helmet, this person is very likely to be the prince of the clan.

At this time, a soldier had already built a high platform in a wooden box, Li Yanqing turned over and dismounted, and walked directly onto the high platform, he glanced at the more than 20,000 prisoners of war below, and said slowly: "Maybe many of you don't know why you were arrested?" I tell you, you are part of the rebellion! ”

The prisoners below were in an uproar, and several soldiers shouted anxiously: "When recruiting, it was said that he was going to the capital to Qin Wang, how did it become a rebellion?" ”

"Yes! We went to King Qin, Jingshi, and didn't think about rebellion? The POWs shouted.

"Quiet!" Wang Gui roared, and everyone fell silent.

Li Yanqing continued: "I am Li Yanqing, the imperial court captain, maybe some of you have heard of it, and it doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it, but I tell you, I am the chief general who guards the capital, and the Jin soldiers have retreated north as early as last month, and there is no need for King Qin at this time, but some people in Hangzhou have ill intentions and want to take advantage of the opportunity of the beginning of the imperial war to rebel, and I am sent by the imperial court to quell the rebellion......."

Li Yanqing's words were not finished, the prisoners of war below were already boiling, Li Yanqing needless to say, everyone in the world knew about it, and the rebellion from his mouth made more than 20,000 prisoners of war convinced.

Many prisoners of war shouted: "We don't want to rebel, we have been deceived, Captain Li forgive us!" ”

More and more soldiers pleaded loudly, Li Yanqing waved his hand, and the soldiers gradually stopped shouting and fell silent again.

"Now you have two paths, the first way, I can let you go back to your hometown, but the government will have a record of your participation in the rebellion, and in the future you will be higher than others in taxes and labor; The second way, you join my army, participate in the suppression of the rebellion, and make meritorious service to atone for your crimes, you can choose one of these two paths! ”